New anti-govt demos in Poland after parliament blockade

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WARSAW - Several thousand people protested on Saturday outside the presidential palace in Warsaw over alleged vote fraud and the rightwing government's plans to impose new restrictions on media coverage of parliament.

The fresh demonstrations came after an unprecedented night of unrest that saw demonstrators blockade the exits of the parliament building and opposition lawmakers take over its main chamber, with some pledging to remain until next week.

Protesters on Saturday waved Polish flags, blasted air horns and chanted "Stop the devastation of Poland" and "Liberty, equality, democracy" during a march toward parliament.

"I don't want to see Poland turned upside down" by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, a protester in her 60s, Malgorzata Kramarz, told AFP.